Shiyao Zhang

Professional Experience

• Research Assistant Professor,  2022/07 – Present

  • Research Institute for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems

  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering

  • Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

• Post-doctoral Research Fellow,  2020/09 – 2022/06

  • Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

  • Advisor：Dr. James Jian Qiao Yu

• Research Assistant,  2018/04 – 2019/03

  • The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-SIRI), Shenzhen, China

  • Host：Prof. Victor On Kwok Li

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering,  2016/09 – 2020/07

  • The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

  • Thesis: Robust energy management for a smart grid with frequency regulation service

  • Advisor: Prof. Lawrence Kwan Yeung, Dr. Ka-Cheong Leung

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering,  2015/01 – 2016/05

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering,  2010/08 – 2014/12

  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

  • Graduate with Distinction

Honors and Awards:

• Guangdong Overseas Postdoctoral Youth Talents, 2021,2022

• Postgraduate Scholarship, 2016-2020

• Graduate with Distinction, 2014

• Dean's List & Semester Honors, 2011-2014

Teaching Experience:

• Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ENGG 1203),  2017/01-2017/05

  • Role: Teaching Assistant

• Probability and Statistics in Engineering (ELEC 3847),  2017/09-2017/12

  • Role: Teaching Assistant

• Control and instrumentation (ELEC 3245),  2018/09-2018/12, 2019/09-2019/12

  • Role: Teaching Assistant